These guys have to make a list. No one here knows if he’s okay coming here or not. He knows Grier well. Weight too. He might be eager to be here with the new kids. We don’t know. He’s never been quoted as not wanting to be here.
Is that your counter or do you actually believe that?
I agree - I think there will be options better than Goodrow to be had.
Well the best undrafted free agent in a couple years chose to come here with over 20 teams trying to sign him. Maybe it's not as big of a disaster as you think?
Those are the things I know. I can’t speak to how Goodrow or Drury think.
Who, Graf?? Dude wanted an opportunity to play. That's exactly who we're gonna end up getting in FA - guys just looking for an opportunity. More Zadinas I guess.
Then either Drury messed up by not asking him to waive or he knew he wouldn't and found a loophole which only reiterates Barclay's reluctance to play in SJ.
He is better than Zadina, Bordeleau, Kostin?, Bailey, G Smith, Carpenter and any of the internal options the Sharks have. He is a professional and established NHL player which is something that cannot be said for half of last years Sharks roster.
I'll always remember this day as the day I learned that a $4 million increase in the salary cap meant that teams no longer had to incentivize other teams to take on their contract mistakes.
I'm not convinced that Goodrow is better than any of those (save Smith).
Bottom feeders need players and there are plenty of bottom feeders. There's also veeeery few free agents with any value that would consider going to a bottom feeder, and SJ ain't their first choice. Chicago, Utah, Montreal... the Sharks are already in a losing fight for those few FAs.
My thinking is that Drury did a dirty thing. I can’t see where this reiterates anything.
People will want to play with Celebrini and Smith in about 2-4 years depending on how quickly and how much they improve, but players want to win. The guys we're gonna get are either gonna be the ones with a limited number of chairs to run to when the music stops playing during "Free Agent Musical Chairs" or guys that come via trade and waivers who don't have a say in the matter.
Is he? Both Zadina and Kostin have significantly higher WAR%
He's a million times better than Bailey. He's probably already our best penalty killer.
I agree. Those legit FA are gonna go to Chicago, who also has ample cap space and a better potential superstar.
The best undrafted free agent sees more of an opportunity to play with the big club instead of toiling in the AHL for a better club because there aren't as many good players he has to climb over for ice time
IF there is a second part of this transaction then it very clearly would have made more sense to just get Barclay to waive and not have the optics look so bad. I think it's fairly obvious Barclay wouldn't have. I don't doubt he'll come here and be a professional, but the optics are bad no matter how you slice it.
So why would almost any GM in the league take Goodrow over those players without accounting for salary.
Do you have any evidence they would?
Goodrow is a professional athlete who has demonstrated over his entire life that he is a competitor and dissatisfied with status quo. He's been on a playoff team every year of his NHL career except the first year in SJ; he went undrafted and attended multiple camps before getting signed; he demonstrably elevates his game when it matters most.
Actually I expect this from you. You hate grier and will absolutely avoid reality to put him down. Statements like this indicate you intentionally are putting your head in the sand.
In that case, Drury probably decided he would rather buy him out or bury him than give up an asset to dump him.
Sheng also said that Elliot Friedman stressed that Goodrow is only angry at the Rangers and NOT the Sharks. Insider Not Worried About Sharks Being on Goodrow’s No-Trade List.
It's sad that this was clear from the beginning yet people really wanted to shit on Grier instead. Sometimes that stretches people make really make me question why they are making the stretch with Grier specifically....
